David Hope Sadler (October 12, 1882 – August 29, 1931) was an
American football
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player for
John Heisman's
Clemson Tigers
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of
Clemson University
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. He was
captain of the
SIAA champion
1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world' ...
and
1903 Clemson Tigers football teams coached by Heisman, selected
All-Southern the same years. One publication reads "
Vetter Sitton and Hope Sadler were the finest
end
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s that Clemson ever had perhaps." Sitton played on the left; Sadler on the right.
Early years
Hope Sadler was born on October 12, 1882 in
York County, South Carolina
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to Rufus Earle Sadler and Lillian Emily Crawford.
College football
In the "1903 SIAA championship game" against the
Cumberland Bulldogs
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1842-1861
The university was founded by the Cumberland ...
, which opened its season with an upset of
Vanderbilt, the winning team was to be awarded the ball. The game ended in an 11–11 tie. Captain
W. W. Suddarth
William Wallace Suddarth, II (November 18, 1880 – March 15, 1971) was a Presbyterian minister and college football player.
College
Suddarth attended Cumberland University from 1900 to 1905. He was captain and lineman on one of the school' ...
of Cumberland wanted captain Sadler to get the ball, and Sadler insisted Suddarth should have it. Some ten minutes of bickering was resolved when the ball was given to patrolman Patrick J. Sweeney, for warning the media and fans to stay down in front and allow spectators to see the game.
High school football
Sadler coached the University School for Boys in
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,703 according to the 2020 US Census. Stone Mountain is in the eastern part of DeKalb County and is a suburb of Atlanta that encompasses nearly 1.7 square mil ...
in 1904.
[ ] Later Oglethorpe coach
Frank B. Anderson was an assistant.
References
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1882 births
1931 deaths
American football ends
Clemson Tigers football players
All-Southern college football players
High school football coaches in Georgia (U.S. state)
People from York County, South Carolina
Players of American football from South Carolina